The first two versions of the go phone didn't fare well. The average rural indian home has a monthly surplus of just about one thousand 413 rupees. If more people get a giosim, that would create a steady stream of reckoning revenue. So technically, adding more subscribers could breathe new life into the telecom business.
Reliance Industries’ smartphone experiment, JioPhone Next, is finally here after a hiccup or two. But can it help Reliance Jio fulfil its ambitions of a “2G-Mukt Bharat” (2G-free India)?
In today’s episode for 8th November 2011, we explore this and more.